What does underpolice mean?
Underpolice means (transitive) To police too little..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive) To police too little..
They don’t differ in terms of arrests for violent crime and property crime. However, we find that Black officers make less arrests related to drug offenses. There is this underpolicing argument that you’re making for drug offenses.
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Underpolice means (transitive) To police too little..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include overpolice.
They don’t differ in terms of arrests for violent crime and property crime. However, we find that Black officers make less arrests related to drug offenses. There is this underpolicing argument that you’re making for drug offenses.
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